Campaigns
During the 1994 campaign to change the age of consent for sex between men, the options under consideration were keeping the age of consent at 21, lowering it to 18, or lowering it to 16 (equal to the age of consent for sex between men and women). Delga campaigned under the slogan "16 or bust", emphasising that the 18 option was still not equality, and the age of consent was either equal or not equal. This contrasted with the approach of organisations such as Stonewall who were in favour of 18, seeing it as an achievable compromise.
In 2001, Delga ran a campaign for the General Election under the slogan "Freedom To Be", highlighting six key LGBT policy areas. The campaign had print adverts in the gay press and a special website, and tied in with a launch of the Liberal Democrat campaign to win the LGBT vote held in Soho, London with party leader Charles Kennedy MP as key speaker.
In 2005, Delga ran a smaller-scale campaign where the theme was "Not the only Liberal Democrat in the village".
In 2010, the Delga campaign for the LGBT vote in the General Election, "Always been there for you, and we always will" combined postcards, print and online advertising.
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